TRIBAL MEMBER NEWS
Tiffany Stuart
Siletz News
Haskell Indian Nations University
AA - Para-Educator and
BS - Elementary Ed
Preparing items for the monthly
newspaper, developing the Nesika Illahee
Pow-Wow program, and working on the
annual report are among the many tasks I
have done for my summer internship.
With my previous experience with the
university newspaper, Indian Leader, at
Haskell, I was able to use the software,
such as PageMaker and Photoshop, cover
stories, and take photos of events. Both
software programs are used to create
Siletz News, Nesika Illahee. the annual
report, brochures, and many other Public Information materials.
The part I enjoyed the most was covering stories and taking pictures for the news
paper. I also had the opportunity to be on the radio to discuss the pow-wow and the
Siletz Tribe.
I didn't realize all the work the Public Information Department does for the tribe.
This office does more than just Siletz News. Press releases for tribal events, ads for the
pow-wow, and preparing the annual report and quarterly publications are just a few of
the many tasks for this office. Diane and Natasha are great ladies to work with and I
hope that others will have the same experience in the future as a summer intern.
I hope this internship will benefit my future career as a teacher. With the knowl
edge of using different programs, I might be able to be a sponsor or teacher of the
yearbook and/or newspaper for the school I work at in the future. Learning another
aspect for my job as a teacher will possibly help me step into a teaching position in
the future.
Teonna Ann Johnston
We are proud to announce the birth
of our daughter, Teonna Ann Johnston,
born July 9,2005, at 9 p.m. in Siletz, Ore.
She weighed 9 pounds.
Proud family includes parents Ken
Johnston Sr. and Angela Martin; sister
Netta; brothers Jon, Seth, and KJ; uncles
Corey and Marc; aunt Rosa; grandmoth
ers Joella Strong and Jackie (lives in
Washington); great-uncles Royce and
Joel; great-grandmother Wilma; cousins
Nikki and Alina; and great-aunt Josie.
We thank all of those who had us in
their prayers, brought by gifts, visited with us, and have been supportive. Also, we
appreciate our mid-wife, Corianne Ogburn, who has patiently put up with us.
Shish Shee-Ne
DePoe Aspria
With love from. Mama, Daddy,
Gramma, and siblings Da rod, Alaina,
Makiah, Tehya, Roberta, and Marie
Shish Shee-Ne DePoe Aspria was
born June 28, 2005, at 5:53 a.m., weigh
ing 7 pounds, 2 ounces, and was 19 inches
long, into the loving hands of Frank,
Cova, and the rest of our household tribe.
Sharmon Cook
Salem Area - SSP-477 Program
Chemeketa Comm. College
Major - Social Science/Social
Work; Minor - Sociology
During my internship at the SSP-477
program, it’s difficult to state at this time
(mid-August) what I have learned while
only working three weeks. The objective
for doing this internship was to gain new
experience to help me reach my goals in
future employment.
Part of my job description is to help
families in the SSP program find re
sources and also ask them what services
(resources) they would like to receive. I
have set up home visits and met some SSP
clients. I also have made a resource roll-
a-dex that tribal services specialists can
use to help clients find needed resources
in their communities.
The communities I have on Salem’s
list are from Yamhill, Polk, and Marion
counties. The Salem site also would like
to have this information in a notebook to
use for other programs and people who
are looking for needed resources.
The information I have gathered so
far is similar to what I have already done
while working in the Tribal Head Start
program. I feel that this experience has not
helped in my future career as far as learn
ing tools that differ from the skills I al
ready have developed by working in Head
Start. I again have to state that it’s still
too early to tell what I have truly gained.
The best part of being a summer intern
for CTSI is working with great people.
The team members that I work with in
Salem are professional, spirited, and fun
to converse with and also learn from.
I’m excited to be a part of the SSP-
477 team. I'm eager to learn whatever it is
that will help me in my future endeavors.
New Babies!
Winona Butler
Salem Area - Elders Program
Portland State University
Human Resources Management
My summer internship has brought
awareness of our elders’ needs through
out the Salem area.
1 have met many tribal members and
their families during this internship. 1 have
learned an abundance of information per
taining to geriatrics, family, and culture.
I have gained new relationships,
greater respect for our elders, and com
passion on an individual basis. Each of
our elders has so much to offer: history,
what it was like, and what it’s like now.
The best part of my position is hear
ing our elders laugh
This position will not only help me
in my career; the experience will last a
lifetime. Thank you.
See information on desktop
computers and laptop computers
for college students on
page 23.
“I Come Your Behind”
Respectfully, Eva E. Clayton
When Grandmother would follow,
she would say, “I come your behind.” Well,
Grandma Lucy, we come your behind.
In places where the sunrise awakens
while a beautiful sunset glow of an end
ing day leads the way to wishing upon
falling stars, I dream of a shadow-casting
pale white moon with a fluorescence
vapor barrier creating an unending circle.
Grandmother, you leave a legacy of
insurmountable beauty of what was
and what will continue to be a pathway
toward ancestral heritage of direct
decenency.
Strength, endurance, continued
survival comes from an empowered
circle, where the hub or heartbeat is
strong. The spokes or lifeline of our
people are nurtured in knowledge, cama
raderie, and are gently encouraged with
continual realignment. Adjustments keep
the circle balanced.
Our past richly kindled within our
coastal cedar plank lodges still continues
to ignite the embers of our fire light danc
ers. Mystic gray smoke continues to wind
its way toward the land of tomorrow,
keeping open a porthole connection of
past, present, future.
Who has more is not a classifying
accomplishment. I feel it’s who shares
what he has; this is notable.
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